Category Archives: Graphic Design

Stop playing with that! Interactivity in learning

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

I’m working today on the new book around mobile learning. This following extract is from a section around ‘interactivity’ which i’m still working on. We play with things to learn about them. From our earliest efforts to perceive meaning in … Continue reading →

Posted in Assessment, Design, Functional Design, Graphic Design, Interactive, Learning, Learning Design, Learning Methodology, Mobile Learning | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Mood lighting: the importance of the learning environment

Posted on August 29, 2012 by

Whilst i was away last week, my favourite cafe disappeared. Quite a shock to the system to find that, today, i am sat in a new space that smells of paint and is altogether smarter than the old one. Sure, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Change, Coffee, Community, Design, Formal Spaces, Functional Design, Graphic Design, Informal Spaces, Learning, Social Learning | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Imagery in e-learning: is a picture really worth a thousand words, and are they the right ones?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

We’re working on a kind of storybook project this week, using photos to create montages of action, with speech bubbles and text panels. It’s a neat and simple presentation style, but it does mean you have to think quite carefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Clarity, Creative, Drawing, Engagement, Graphic Design, Learning, Stories, Storytelling | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The power of design: looking good, feeling good.

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

My favourite book is a copy of the Hobbit that i won in an art competition when i was about ten. It’s a great story, self contained, elements of adventure and companionship, a dragon and treasure and, best of all, … Continue reading →

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How to fit a square peg into a round hole. Exploring how the different sizes of iPad, iPhone and Playbook can affect the design and quality of mobile learning solutions.

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Next week my Playbook will arrive. Billed by Blackberry as their Flash playing alternative to the iPad, it’s probably make or break for them in the Tablet market. On the surface, things look promising; at half the size of an … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Functional Design, Graphic Design, Innovation, Instructional Design, iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, Learning Design, Learning Technology, Playbook, Tablet | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Innovation and replication in learning design. How much of a new thing is good?

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

E-Learning design is a fine balance between innovating new techniques, methods and technologies and repeating things that have been done before. Too much innovation means that the solution can be unstructured, rambling, late or expensive, whilst too much repetition means … Continue reading →

Posted in Difference, E-Learning, Engagement, Graphic Design, Innovation, Instructional Design, Learning Design, Narrative, Variety | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

What makes a good design? Considering the relationship between Functional, Graphic and Learning design.

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

What makes a good design? Hard to say really. I know what i like and i know what i don’t, but it’s not always easy to quantify the difference between the two. Working on the design for a new ‘learning … Continue reading →

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